Dr. Kenneth Temple Calamia, MD

As another patient also reviewed, he spent the majority of my visit trying to discredit and talk horrible things about a world renowned doctor who diagnosed and treated me. I moved south and was looking for him to take over. I walked out and never looked back. It was disgraceful that a doctor would put more energy into an apparent personal grudge against another doctor than focus on the patient.

This doctor was more concerned about proving my home doctor wrong than helping me find answers. I drove 18 hours round trip and have no answers to my health issues. My doctors sent all my notes. I drove to all my doctors and took all of my records with me. These were not reviewed. I was told I could see other doctors there but it was New Year’s Eve and no one would see me. He took bloodwork and said he would call me to follow up but never did.

Dr Kenneth Calamia is now at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville. (Long story deleted) I was instructed by Dr. Calamia to call him on a Thursday. Still in pain/discomfort, he has NOT returned my phone calls, despite multiple messages and apologies from his nursing staff. It is now lunchtime on the following Monday.

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I travelled several states and almost 12 hours just to see If I could get a specialist that could help me get my immune system under control and to find out why I'm having such horrible conditions from it. I was SOOO excited to be FINALLY getting help and looking forward to seeing if I could have a better life again, with the help from an excellent doctor. Unfortunately my day dreams became a nightmare!! As a nurse I quickly found out the type of doctor I was dealing with when he ask me what i was doing there. I stated the physician that sent me here included all of it in his notes and tried to start telling him. BUT, EVERY TIME I tried telling him a problem or symptom he would say, "SHHH" and/or, "I don't want to hear that" and stick his hand up. He concluded my appointment by telling me a diagnosis I've had for the past 15 years and then after stating I needed to get better in order to help my special needs child more, then said I was depressed. I wasn't depressed until he heard this. This REALLY made me angry! She is the light in my life! Not something that makes me depressed! So, I quickly finished this appointment and will NEVER return to be humiliated again and to be treated like a subpar human being. Doctors like this need to retire or change their field of work!

Dr. Calamia has resurrected me more than once. He is a very compassionate physician who shows his care for his patients. I have complete faith in his abilities to care for me or guide me where I need to go. Dr. Calamia has treated me for over twenty years. We've had some rough patches, but he has always led me through.

I've never been more pleased or comfortable with a physician.. I'm so thankful I had a chance to be seen by him

what a wonderful doctor!

Dr. Calamia supported me, made me a success story over night with warmth, caring, and excellent expertise. He believes in long term research, taught me so much...shared himself with me as far as teaching me hope. Asked excellent questions of previous famous MD from Beverly Hills, CA that put me on 4 pills per day based on a blood test-not any symptoms....told me I was too smart to do what he said but I had. Taught me not to jump to conclusions medically.ALWAYS TREATED ME WITH WARMTH, LISTENED, GAVE ME TREATMENT OPTIONS, WHEN HE HAD GOTTEN A PROMOTION THIS YEAR, HE ROUTED ME TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL MD AT MAYO, DR.ABRIL. I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO HIM!AND, HAVE LEFT A LEGACY GIFT TO PAY FOR RESEARCH FOR WHAT HE CHOOSES...I HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN HIM AND HIS HEART OF GOLD, AS WELL AS HIS EXPERT BRAIN.I COUDN'T RESPECT HIM MORE AS A PERSON OR MD.THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING YOU!

My mother was under his care for about a year. Treating her for dermomyositis. Took blood every month and treated her with steriods. I told him she needed to be in the hospital. He said no and he sent a physical therapist to her home and said she would be better in a few days. My mother asked him over and over if she had cancer and he said no. She died of pancreatic and liver cancer. Seems to me he doesn't know how to read blood work and is not competent. If he had done a CT Scan the diagnois would have been the same, however, she was never given the opportunity to get treatment because it was too late. He said he treated people with this condition of dermamyositis before but I believe he lied and knew nothing about it. He still got paid full retail and my mother died. Get 2nd or 3rd options, don't stay with one doctor because they are usually incompetent like this one.

Dr. Calamia is one of the best. He is very knowledgeable and caring. The Mayo Clinic is what healthcare should be all the way around the board. Awesome does not even begin to describe my experience. I was totally blown away.